ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO FORCE INVOLUNTARY TRANSFERS? QUES

ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO FORCE INVOLUNTARY TRANSFERS?

QUESTION: “True or false: there are cases in modern society – not referring to CEOs or the like – where some peoples’ voluntary decision(s) to pursue their own (non-violent) interests inadvertently harm other people in tangible ways. If yes, examples?” – Ashtad Bin Sayyif

ANSWER: “There are many such opportunities. They fall into informal (moral and ethical) and formal ( property and opportunity) categories whereby one causes an involuntary transfer from others to one’s self. Society is constructed of these formal and informal rules. All of which prevent us from using asymmetry of information to cause involuntary transfers. From the most common retail clerk, to the most sophisticated legal document, from the most common of marital abuses, to the most formal partnership and citizenship agreements. Almost no human action is devoid of opportunity to cause involuntary transfers. It’s pervasive. We have the vast edifice of laws, morals, ethics and manners to attempt to prohibit them.” – Curt Doolittle